Greek Studies (Revelation)

This year I’m teaching Greek Reading here at Houston Christian University on MWF (2:00 – 2:50pm), with a focus on the Greek text of REVELATION. Here are some links to the materials that we’re using for the course.

Syllabus: Get it on the Blackboard course management system homepage for this course.

Dr. Marshall’s Basics of Biblical Greek (Mounce) Chapter Lectures: Click here to access my YouTube playlist.

Course Handouts (coming soon)

Restricted Access

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FALL 2023 ASSIGNMENT PREP DUE DATES: [note: assignments will be ordered so that the most recent one appears on top]

Due Mon, Wed, & Fri, Dec 4, 6, & 8:

MON: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 7:9-12 (we’ll translate/discuss after finishing 7:4-8).

WED: DUE Papers; Research Paper Presentations

FRI: Research Paper Presentations.

FRI @ 11:30am: on Fridays we’ll do our Pour-Over Coffee (or Tea) session. This is for any BibLang/Classics majors, or any students who are currently taking courses in these areas. Please spread the word! Upstairs in the SCT office area by the coffee maker and fridge! Free coffee! See you there at 11:30am!

Due Mon, Wed, & Fri, Nov 27, 29 & Dec 1:

MON: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 5:11-14.

WED: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 7:1-8.

FRI: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 7:9-12

Due Mon, Wed, & Fri, Nov 13, 15 & 17:

MON: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 5:6-10: Answer the questions on my “Gloss and Questions” handout for this verse (located in the Restricted Access portion of my course website). Please consult the Leedy diagrams for the passage from the same location!

WED: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 5:11-14.

FRI: No Class Meeting (Dr. M out of town for ETS/SBL conference meetings). No Coffee hour as well today!

NEXT MON (11-20): No Class Meeting (Dr. M out of town for ETS/SBL conference meetings).

NEXT WED (11-22): No Class Meeting (Thanksgiving Break begins and campus closes at 1pm).

Due Mon, Wed, & Fri, Nov 6, 8 & 10:

MON: Prepare Rev 5:1-5 for class discussion: Answer the questions on my “Gloss and Questions” handout for this verse (located in the Restricted Access portion of my course website). Please consult the Leedy diagrams for the passage from the same location!

WED: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 5:6-10.

FRI: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 5:11-14.

Due Mon, Wed, & Fri, Oct 30, Nov 1 & 3:

MON: Prepare Rev 4:6-8 for class discussion: Answer the questions on my “Gloss and Questions” handout for this verse (located in the Restricted Access portion of my course website). Please consult the Leedy diagrams for the passage from the same location!

WED: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 4:9-11.

FRI: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 5:1-5.

Due Mon, Wed, & Fri, Oct 23, 25, & 27:

MON: Prepare Rev 4:1-4 for class discussion: Answer the questions on my “Gloss and Questions” handout for this verse (located in the Restricted Access portion of my course website). Please consult the Leedy diagrams for the passage from the same location!

WED: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 4:5-7.

FRI: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 4:8-11.

Due Mon, Wed, & Fri, Oct 16, 18, & 20:

MON: Prepare Rev 1:18-20 for class discussion: Answer the questions on my “Gloss and Questions” handout for this verse (located in the Restricted Access portion of my course website). Please consult the Leedy diagrams for the passage from the same location!

WED: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 4:1-4.

FRI: NO CLASS (Fall Break). Please complete the Take-home Midterm before midnight tonight.

NEXT MON: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 4:5-8.

Due Mon, Wed, & Fri, Oct 9, 11, & 13:

MON: Prepare Rev 1:12-15 for class discussion: Answer the questions on my “Gloss and Questions” handout for this verse (located in the Restricted Access portion of my course website). Please consult the Leedy diagrams for the passage from the same location!

WED: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 1:16-20.

FRI: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 4:1-4.

Due Mon, Wed, & Fri, Oct 2, 4, & 6:

MON: Prepare Rev 1:5-8 for class discussion: Answer the questions on my “Gloss and Questions” handout for this verse (located in the Restricted Access portion of my course website). Please consult the Leedy diagrams for the passage from the same location!

NOTE WELL: When you’re completing HW on our Revelation passages, you should have several reference works *opened* and being consulted:

- - Your Greek NT for reading texts and looking up other passages that are pointed out in your resources.
  - Mounce’s Greek intro grammar and appendixes so that you can view noun, adjective, pronoun, & verb paradigms and principal parts, along with his glossary (but do not substitute his glossary for use of a real Greek lexicon, since the Mounce glossary is limited to his textbook)
  - Wallace’s Basics of NT Syntax (and any other more advanced Greek grammars that you have access to and know how to use, like BDF, Robertson, etc.)
  - Greek lexicon: BDAG is highly recommended and on your list per the syllabus. If you don’t have access to it, you may for the present consult the Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek lexicon (it covers Greek before and after the NT period). You can access it at stepbible.org, where are free online Bible program is available, courtesy of Tyndale House (Cambridge). Watch this short intro video to see what it can do. When you want to use it to study Revelation, you’ll need to choose the SBL Greek NT (abbreviated SBLG)–watch the beginning of that video to see how to choose a text to display. When you click on a Greek word, the “Word Info” pane will pop up on the right and you can scroll down to the LSJ lexical entry.
  - Commentaries by Beale and Mathewson. Consult each verse to see if you’re on the right track in your analysis and interpretation.

WED: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 1:9-11.

FRI: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 1:12-15.

Due Mon, Wed, & Fri, Sept 25, 27, & 29:

MON: [1] Due: hand in or upload all your Line Diagramming Practice Sheets by end of day. [2] We will discuss remaining questions you have on Practice Sheet #4 (Jn 3:16 diagram). Bring diagrams and questions! [3] Prepare Rev 1:1-3 for class discussion: Answer the questions on my “Gloss and Questions” handout for this verse (located in the Restricted Access portion of my course website). Please consult the Leedy diagrams for the passage from the same location!

NOTE WELL: When you’re completing HW on our Revelation passages, you should have several reference works *opened* and being consulted:

- - Your Greek NT for reading texts and looking up other passages that are pointed out in your resources.
  - Mounce’s Greek intro grammar and appendixes so that you can view noun, adjective, pronoun, & verb paradigms and principal parts, along with his glossary (but do not substitute his glossary for use of a real Greek lexicon, since the Mounce glossary is limited to his textbook)
  - Wallace’s Basics of NT Syntax (and any other more advanced Greek grammars that you have access to and know how to use, like BDF, Robertson, etc.)
  - Greek lexicon: BDAG is highly recommended and on your list per the syllabus. If you don’t have access to it, you may for the present consult the Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek lexicon (it covers Greek before and after the NT period). You can access it at stepbible.org, where are free online Bible program is available, courtesy of Tyndale House (Cambridge). Watch this short intro video to see what it can do. When you want to use it to study Revelation, you’ll need to choose the SBL Greek NT (abbreviated SBLG)–watch the beginning of that video to see how to choose a text to display. When you click on a Greek word, the “Word Info” pane will pop up on the right and you can scroll down to the LSJ lexical entry.
  - Commentaries by Beale and Mathewson. Consult each verse to see if you’re on the right track in your analysis and interpretation.

WED: [1] Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 1:4-7.

THUR: 7:00pm A.O. Collins Lecture with Katherine Sonderegger in Belin Chapel

FRI: Analyze and prepare for discussion of Rev 1:8-11.

FRI: Morning lecture 9:00am by Dr. Sonderegger (location TBA)

Due Mon, Wed, & Fri, Sept 18, 20, & 22:

MON: [1] If you haven’t already, complete your analysis and translation of the Practice Sheet #3 John 3 verses (again, you do not need to create the diagrams yet). We will go over your translations in class. [2] Analyze and translate John 3:16 on this practice sheet: Line Diagramming Practice Sheet 4 on John Ch 3 v 16. (Do not do the diagram yet.) [3] Remote students: print this lecture handout: Sentence Structure–Larger Constituents for Greek 2023 (I emailed this out on 9-15). I’ll bring copies of this for residential students. I’ll cover this and then we’ll look at your John 3 work. (We need to talk about the forms and grammar!)

WED: [1] Complete Line Diagramming Practice Sheet 2 and Sentence Type Analysis Exercises for Greek, 2023. Please check your answers using the answer key provided under Restricted Access. [2] Complete the line diagrams for Line Diagramming Practice Sheet 3 on John 3 and for Line Diagramming Practice Sheet 4 on John Ch 3 v 16. [3] Please check your answers on both of these using the answer key provided under Restricted Access. [4] Please consult the following Master Greek diagram handout as you build your diagrams: Master Greek Diagramming Model 2023

FRI: [1] We will discuss remaining questions you have on Practice Sheet #2, as well as Practice Sheet ##3 & 4 (the John 3 diagrams, including Jn 3:16). [2] Study for Line Diagramming Quiz (we will complete at beginning of class). Here is a practice sheet: Diagramming Quiz PRACTICE SHEET for Greek, 2023. [3] Prepare Rev 1:1 for class discussion: Answer the questions on my “Gloss and Questions” handout for this verse (located in the Restricted Access portion of my course website). Please consult the Leedy diagrams for the passage from the same location!

Due Mon, Wed, & Fri, Sept 11, 13, & 15:

MON: [1] Bring any final questions on HW for Ch. 39. Dr. M will lecture on line diagramming and grammar. [2] Read Grassmick on line diagramming (91-103)–see Restricted Access link. Consult his Colossians diagrams as needed to see examples of what he’s talking about. Don’t worry if you can’t read or understand all the Greek text! [3] Remote students: print this lecture handouts: Sentence Types and Structure for Greek 2023 (this is the first Greek diagramming lecture). I’ll bring copies of this for residential students.

WED: [1] Complete your analysis and translation into English of the Greek text of the 3 short passages on the following handout: Line Diagramming Practice Sheet 3 on John 3. [2] Finish your Grassmick reading if you haven’t done so yet.

FRI: [1] Complete Line Diagramming Practice Sheet 1_Greek, 2023. Please check your answers using the answer key provided under Course Handouts. [2] Remote students: print this lecture handouts: Sentence Structure–Larger Constituents for Greek 2023 (link coming; this is the second Greek diagramming lecture). I’ll bring copies of this for residential students.

Due Mon, Wed & Fri, Sept 4, 6, & 8:

MON: [1] No class (Labor Day). [2] Mathewson/Beale Intro reading assignment is postpone while we await the arrival of books. I’ll provide a new date soon.

WED: [1] Complete Ch. 33 HW and bring to class so we can discuss your questions and drill. [2] Watch Ch. 34 lesson overview (see Bb announcement/email for the link).

FRI: I will begin lecturing on issues related to syntax and line diagramming. There is no reading assignment for this day, but I would like you to analyze the Greek text and translate into English the 3 short passages on the following handout: Line Diagramming Practice Sheet 3 on John 3. Note: you will complete the rest of this handout next week; all I want you to do is to analyze and translate the Greek text.

Due Mon, Wed & Fri, Aug 28, 30 & Sept 1:

MON: Print and bring syllabus to class.

WED: [1] Read BKG textbook Ch. 33 in preparation for lecture. Bring textbook chapter and (if remote) bring the following handouts ( Dr. M will provide these in class for residential students).

FRI: Complete Ch. 33 HW and bring to class so we can discuss your questions and drill.

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FALL 2023 ASSIGNMENT PREP DUE DATES: [note: assignments will be ordered so that the most recent one appears on top]

PRIOR YEAR ASSIGNMENTS–PLEASE CONSULT THE ASSIGNMENTS ABOVE

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PRIOR YEAR ASSIGNMENTS–PLEASE CONSULT THE ASSIGNMENTS ABOVE

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